Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi’s joint JDI venture, as well as the Foxconn-owned Sharp, still largely focus on LCD panel technology, nonetheless planning to expand and modernize their manufacturing facilities.

Further down the line, the “overall OLED panel production capacity” from Korea, Japan and China will “definitely far surpass that of actual demand”, according to unnamed “industry sources” quoted by Digitimes, leading to “oversupply of the panels.”

For the time being, Apple is likely looking forward to Sharp’s expected Q2 2018 start of OLED screen manufacturing, possibly followed by JDI before the end of the year. Then again, Sharp’s own premium bezel-shrinking phones should be sold with home-made OLED tech in tow.

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